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A Portuguese fleet becomes the object of conflict between Roman gods.

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Others to yard-arms hanging on let go the sail that bellies with a bell’owing sound; yet the King heareth louder sounds which show that fast the Squadron fareth homeward-bound: The wives and children, dight to die of woe for their lost loved ones, crowd in tears around the Samorim, and piteously complain from these their fathers, mates from those are tane.

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